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Eli Sherman Keesler¹

M, b. 31 December 1866

Father

John Bunyan Keesler b. 13 Jan 1840, d. 20 Oct 1915

Mother

Mary Melissa Hoffman b. 3 Nov 1843, d. 14 Oct 1912

Eli Sherman Keesler was born on 31 December 1866.¹ He married Margaret Whitmor.²

Family

Margaret Whitmor

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.
[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005, Had marriage date the same as birth date.

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Enola Lena Keesler¹

F, b. 12 March 1878

Father

John Bunyan Keesler b. 13 Jan 1840, d. 20 Oct 1915

Mother

Mary Melissa Hoffman b. 3 Nov 1843, d. 14 Oct 1912

Enola Lena Keesler was born on 12 March 1878.¹ She married Fred Van Orden.¹

Family

Fred Van Orden

Married name: Van Orden.

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Ernest Keesler¹

M, b. 1851, d. circa 1854

Father

Charles D Keesler b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888

Mother

Sarah Keesler b. 1823

Ernest Keesler was born in 1851.¹ He died circa 1854 in an accident.¹

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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George Harmon Keesler¹

Father

? Keesler

George probably moved to the NY side of the Delaware River and settled in Beechwoods.¹
George Harmon and William were brothers. The story is that William and George had a falling out so one settled on the NY side and the other on the PA side of the Delaware River.¹

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Jacob Keesler¹

M, b. 8 July 1805, d. 23 April 1893

Father

William Keesler

Mother

? Boults

Jacob Keesler was born on 8 July 1805.¹ He married Caroline.¹ Jacob Keesler died on 23 April 1893.¹ He was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Damascus.¹

Family

Caroline b. 6 Nov 1810, d. 16 Mar 1887

Children

William J Keesler
Anna E Keesler
Harriet Keesler

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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John Bunyan Keesler¹

M, b. 13 January 1840, d. 20 October 1915

Father

Eli Bush Keesler b. 28 Aug 1819, d. 18 Oct 1888

Mother

Jennett Jackson b. 28 May 1814

John Bunyan Keesler was born on 13 January 1840.¹ He married Mary Melissa Hoffman on 5 February 1862 at Galilee, PA.¹ John Bunyan Keesler died on 20 October 1915.¹

Family

Mary Melissa Hoffman b. 3 Nov 1843, d. 14 Oct 1912

Children

Addie Luella Keesler b. 22 Feb 1863, d. 22 Aug 1929
Jenett Loduska Keesler b. 17 Nov 1864, d. 6 Aug 1922
Eli Sherman Keesler b. 31 Dec 1866
Martha Malvina Keesler b. 13 Nov 1868
Albert Alexander Keesler b. 28 Jan 1871
Roy Keesler b. 27 Feb 1873
Desmond J Keesler b. 20 Feb 1875
Enola Lena Keesler b. 12 Mar 1878
Clifford Truman Keesler+ b. 20 Feb 1880, d. 18 Feb 1963
Dorothy E Keesler b. 8 Jan 1882, d. 21 Oct 1899
Ezra D Keesler b. 21 Apr 1884, d. 11 May 1886
Ela E Keesler b. 27 Dec 1887

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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John Paul Keesler¹

M, b. 8 April 1799, d. 28 May 1890

Father

William Keesler

Mother

? Boults

John Paul Keesler was born on 8 April 1799 at Piermont, NY.¹ He married Clarissa Sutliff on 11 June 1818 at Bethel, NY.¹ John Paul Keesler died on 28 May 1890.¹ He was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Damascus.¹

Family

Clarissa Sutliff b. 22 Aug 1798, d. 27 Feb 1877

Children

Eli Bush Keesler+ b. 28 Aug 1819, d. 18 Oct 1888
Charles D Keesler+ b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888
Lyman S Keesler b. 15 Jun 1823, d. 1 Mar 1903
Julia M Keesler
Martha Melvina Keesler
Satira L Keesler
Lydia A Keesler
Delia A Keesler
Julius J Keesler+ b. 4 May 1837, d. 2 Oct 1907

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Julia Keesler¹

F, b. 7 March 1843, d. 7 April 1932

Father

Samuel Keesler b. 15 Jun 1816, d. 17 Feb 1908

Mother

Annis Nearing b. 29 Mar 1821, d. 22 Sep 1878

Julia Keesler was born on 7 March 1843.¹ She married John V Taylor, son of John Taylor and Rebekah Vradenberg. Julia Keesler died on 7 April 1932.¹

Family

John V Taylor b. 2 May 1836, d. 5 Apr 1904

Child

Rosa Annis Taylor+ b. 1871, d. 1934

Married name: Taylor.

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Julius Keesler¹

M, b. 1851

Father

Charles D Keesler b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888

Mother

Sarah Keesler b. 1823

Julius Keesler was born in 1851.¹ He married Ettie Dowling.¹

Family

Ettie Dowling

Child

Blanch Keesler

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Julius J Keesler¹

M, b. 4 May 1837, d. 2 October 1907

Father

John Paul Keesler b. 8 Apr 1799, d. 28 May 1890

Mother

Clarissa Sutliff b. 22 Aug 1798, d. 27 Feb 1877

Julius J Keesler was born on 4 May 1837.¹ He married Mary Frances Brigham.¹ Julius J Keesler died on 2 October 1907.¹ He was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Damascus.¹

Family

Mary Frances Brigham b. 16 Feb 1838, d. 2 Dec 1887

Children

Melvill M Keesler b. 20 Aug 1859, d. 7 Jun 1871
Vernleigh Keesler+ b. 10 Jun 1867, d. 10 Jan 1953

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Levi J Keesler¹

M, b. 14 February 1840, d. 9 July 1928

Father

Charles D Keesler b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888

Mother

Sarah Keesler b. 1823

Levi J Keesler was born on 14 February 1840.¹ He married Lydia Marks.¹ Levi J Keesler died on 9 July 1928.¹

Family

Lydia Marks

Children

Travis Keesler
John Keesler
Lottie Keesler+

Levi served in the Co. I, 84th PVI (Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry?)¹

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Lottie Keesler¹

Father

Levi J Keesler b. 14 Feb 1840, d. 9 Jul 1928

Mother

Lydia Marks

Lottie Keesler married Milo McGarger.¹

Family

Milo McGarger

Children

Addison McGarger
Grace McGarger
Anna McGarger

Married name: McGarger.

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Lyman S Keesler¹

M, b. 15 June 1823, d. 1 March 1903

Father

John Paul Keesler b. 8 Apr 1799, d. 28 May 1890

Mother

Clarissa Sutliff b. 22 Aug 1798, d. 27 Feb 1877

Lyman S Keesler was born on 15 June 1823.¹ He married Sybel M Stalker.¹ Lyman S Keesler died on 1 March 1903.¹ He was buried in Galilee Methodist Cemetery.¹

Family

Sybel M Stalker b. 15 Sep 1827, d. 8 May 1909

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Martha Malvina Keesler¹

F, b. 13 November 1868

Father

John Bunyan Keesler b. 13 Jan 1840, d. 20 Oct 1915

Mother

Mary Melissa Hoffman b. 3 Nov 1843, d. 14 Oct 1912

Martha Malvina Keesler was born on 13 November 1868.¹ She married Halland? Moningto?¹

Family

Halland? Moningto?

Name variation: Malley Keesler.¹ Married name: Moningto?

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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? Keesler¹

Family

Children

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Peter E Keesler¹

M, b. 14 May 1847, d. 10 November 1906

Father

Charles D Keesler b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888

Mother

Sarah Keesler b. 1823

Peter E Keesler was born on 14 May 1847.¹ He married Lottie E Stryker.¹ Peter E Keesler died on 10 November 1906.¹

Family

Lottie E Stryker b. 7 Apr 1847, d. 29 Jul 1944

Children

Grace Keesler
Maggie Keesler

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Rosanna Keesler¹

F, b. 1853

Father

Charles D Keesler b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888

Mother

Sarah Keesler b. 1823

Rosanna Keesler was born in 1853.¹ She married Richard Pierce.¹

Family

Richard Pierce

Married name: Pierce.

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Roy Keesler¹

M, b. 27 February 1873

Father

John Bunyan Keesler b. 13 Jan 1840, d. 20 Oct 1915

Mother

Mary Melissa Hoffman b. 3 Nov 1843, d. 14 Oct 1912

Roy Keesler was born on 27 February 1873.¹ He married Phoebe Westervelt.¹

Family

Phoebe Westervelt

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Samuel Keesler¹

M, b. 15 June 1816, d. 17 February 1908

Father

George H Keesler b. 1774

Mother

Elinor Conklin b. 11 Oct 1780

Samuel Keesler was born on 15 June 1816.¹ He married Annis Nearing, daughter of Alfred Nearing and Betsy Starr. Samuel Keesler died on 17 February 1908.¹

Family

Annis Nearing b. 29 Mar 1821, d. 22 Sep 1878

Child

Julia Keesler+ b. 7 Mar 1843, d. 7 Apr 1932

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Sarah Keesler¹

F, b. 1823

Sarah Keesler was born in 1823.¹ She married Charles D Keesler, son of John Paul Keesler and Clarissa Sutliff.¹

Family

Charles D Keesler b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888

Children

Adaline Keesler b. 1839
Levi J Keesler+ b. 14 Feb 1840, d. 9 Jul 1928
Clarissa Keesler+ b. 1842, d. 1924
Caroline Keesler+ b. 1844
Harry Keesler
Peter E Keesler+ b. 14 May 1847, d. 10 Nov 1906
Ulysses Keesler d. c 1858
Julius Keesler+ b. 1851
Ernest Keesler b. 1851, d. c 1854
Rosanna Keesler b. 1853
Walter J Keesler+ b. 1 Jan 1856, d. 8 Sep 1916

Married name: Keesler.¹

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Vernleigh Keesler¹

M, b. 10 June 1867, d. 10 January 1953

Father

Julius J Keesler b. 4 May 1837, d. 2 Oct 1907

Mother

Mary Frances Brigham b. 16 Feb 1838, d. 2 Dec 1887

Vernleigh Keesler was born on 10 June 1867 at Galilee, PA.¹ He married Barrilla Ross Stalker on 6 September 1899 at Pennsylvania.¹ Vernleigh Keesler died on 10 January 1953.¹ He was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Damascus.¹

Family

Barrilla Ross Stalker b. 29 Nov 1868, d. 22 Apr 1946

Child

Earl Ross Keesler b. 4 Feb 1907

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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Walter J Keesler¹

M, b. 1 January 1856, d. 8 September 1916

Father

Charles D Keesler b. 27 Jun 1821, d. 1888

Mother

Sarah Keesler b. 1823

Walter J Keesler was born on 1 January 1856 at Damascus, PA.¹ He married Anna Lancaster in 1881.¹ Walter J Keesler died on 8 September 1916.¹

Family

Anna Lancaster

Child

Daisy Keesler

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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William Keesler¹

Father

? Keesler

William Keesler married ? Boults.¹

Family

? Boults

Children

John Paul Keesler+ b. 8 Apr 1799, d. 28 May 1890
Jesse Keesler
Jacob Keesler+ b. 8 Jul 1805, d. 23 Apr 1893

William and his wife moved from Haverstraw to Skinner's Eddy before 1815. They had several daughters besides the sons that are listed.¹ William Keesler and ? lived after 1815 at Pennsylvania.¹
George Harmon and William were brothers. The story is that William and George had a falling out so one settled on the NY side and the other on the PA side of the Delaware River.¹

Citations

[S587] Julia (Mrs.) Palmer, Keesler File, May 2005.

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John Kehoe¹

M, b. 1831

Father

John Kehoe

Mother

Mary Hopper b. 1813

John Kehoe was born in 1831.¹ He married Martha Westwood in 1859.¹

Family

Martha Westwood

Child

Mary Kehoe+ b. 1860, d. bt 1903 - 1904

John was a captain in the Civil War.¹

Citations

[S121] Multiple sources, Hopper File, Apr. 2005, copy of typed page.

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Mary Kehoe¹

F, b. 1860, d. between 1903 and 1904

Father

John Kehoe b. 1831

Mother

Martha Westwood

Mary Kehoe was born in 1860.¹ She married James Freeman Tuttle in 1878.¹ Mary Kehoe died between 1903 and 1904.¹

Family

James Freeman Tuttle

Child

Florence Tuttle

Married name: Tuttle.

Citations

[S121] Multiple sources, Hopper File, Apr. 2005, copy of typed page.

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George Keithline¹

Father

? Keithline

Mother

Rachel Lein

George Keithline married Ida Maude Loomis, daughter of ? Loomis and Margaret Clarissa Santee.¹

Family

Ida Maude Loomis

Child

Myrtle Keithline+

Citations

[S116] Ree Hopper, Lein, Fairchild, Conrad File, Sep 2005. Includes information from Vida A. Fairchild (Alexandria, VA. 1961).

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Myrtle Keithline¹

Father

George Keithline

Mother

Ida Maude Loomis

Myrtle Keithline married Lawrence Vaughn.¹

Family

Lawrence Vaughn

Child

Valoe Vaughn

Married name: Vaughn.

Citations

[S116] Ree Hopper, Lein, Fairchild, Conrad File, Sep 2005. Includes information from Vida A. Fairchild (Alexandria, VA. 1961).

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Hyke Jaspers Keizer¹

F, b. 1825

Hyke Jaspers Keizer was born in 1825 at St. Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, The Netherlands.¹ She married Arjen Rentjes Kuiken, son of Rentje Arjens Kuiken and Lyntje Gerrits Buuren, on 7 December 1848 at Het Bildt, Friesland, The Netherlands.¹

Family

Arjen Rentjes Kuiken

Child

Japke Kuiken+² b. 1854, d. bt 1939 - 1953

Her parents were Jasper Gerrits Keizer and Japke Cornelis Hoekstra.¹

Citations

[S745] Archieven.nl, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at https://www.archieven.nl/, Het Bildt Marriages : 1848 #71.
[S745] Archieven.nl, Dutch Genealogical Database. Online at https://www.archieven.nl/, Het Bildt Marriages : 1871 #68.

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Josephine (Jo) Kelleher¹

F, b. 2 May 1867, d. 18 May 1954

Josephine (Jo) Kelleher was born on 2 May 1867 at Ireland.² She married William Henry Granger, son of Charles Henry Granger and Esther Elizabeth Rae, on 16 July 1889.³ Josephine (Jo) Kelleher died on 18 May 1954 at 713 Fourth Avenue, Westfield, Union County, NJ.⁴ She was buried on 21 May 1954 in Bayview Cemetery in Jersey City.⁵

Family

William Henry Granger b. 6 Jan 1868, d. 9 Feb 1939

Children

William Henry Granger Jr+⁸ b. 25 May 1891, d. 5 Jan 1958
Robert Raymond Granger+⁸ b. 28 Nov 1892
Esther Elizabeth Mary Granger⁸ b. 1894, d. 27 May 1965
Lesley Granger⁸
Walter Granger+⁸ b. 22 Dec 1900, d. 10 Oct 1980

In the 1920 Census (Bayonne, NJ) her birthplace is given as Ireland. Earlier records show Brooklyn, NY. The 1910 census lists William Henry Granger and Josephine (Jo) at Laffatte Street at Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, with their children William H, Robert R, Esther M and Walter, and a lodger Selma Swenson (23, imm 1907.)⁶ The 1920 census lists William Henry Granger and Josephine (Jo) at 85 W 45 Street at Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ, with their children Esther and Walter; his sister Esther M Tuthill and his niece Grace E Tuthill.⁷ Her parents were Edward Kelleher and Mary Finn.³ Married name: Granger.

General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.⁸

Citations

[S822] Carrie Rae Granger Bible.
[S746] 1920 Federal Census, Population Schedules, Household of William Granger. New Jersey, Hudson, Bayonne.
[S825] Handwritten notes from Turse Family Bible Transcriptions (Ellsworth J. Turse, Sr.).
[S916] Death Certificate (Details with the subjects), Josephine Kelleher. Westfield Health Department, Westfield, NJ. cert. no. 186 (18 May 1954).
[S915] Bayview Cemetery Jersey City, Lot No. 285 S, Section Edgewood, Deed 1568, Area 75. see also Find-A-Grave: Bayview - New York Bay Cemetery.
[S743] 1910 Federal Census, "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJR-T48> : 24 June 2017), New Jersey > Hudson > Jersey City Ward 6 > ED 128 > image 21 of 23; citing NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[S746] 1920 Federal Census, Population Schedules, "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (<https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRX7-Z3S> : 12 September 2019), New Jersey > Hudson > Bayonna Ward 3 > ED 26 > image 13 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
[S810] James Turse, "Turse E-mail & Web," e-mail to Joseph Boyle, 30 Nov 2010. See also James Turse's Website "Our Family Genealogy Pages" at http://familytree.turse.org/index.php

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Laurentia Kellenaar¹

Laurentia Kellenaar (1) married Laurentius Van Gaasbeek on 28 May 1673.^2,3 Laurentia Kellenaar (2) married Thomas Chambers in 1681.^2,4 Laurentia Kellenaar (3) married Wessel Wesselse Ten Broeck, son of Wessel Ten Broeck, on 26 September 1695 at Kingston, NY.^5,6

Family 1

Laurentius Van Gaasbeek d. Feb 1680

Children

Jacomyntie Van Gaasbeck+ b. 26 Nov 1673 or 1675, d. 29 Jan 1741
Maria Van Gaasbeck+ b. 10 Dec 1674
Abraham Van Gaasbeek+ b. Dec 1679, d. 28 Sep 1759

Family 2

Thomas Chambers

Family 3

Wessel Wesselse Ten Broeck b. c 1636, d. 25 Nov 1704

Name variation: Laurentia Kellenam.⁵ Name variation: Laurentia Van de Kellenaan.³ Married name: Van Gaasbeck. Married name: Van Gaasbeek. Married name: Chambers. Married name: Ten Broeck.

Citations

[S165] Mary DeWitt, Kiersted File.
[S1171] Marius Schoonmaker, History of Kingston, pg. 492.
[S359] Mary DeWitt, Van Gaasbeck File.
[S380] Mary DeWitt, Ten Broeck File, (no date).
[S380] Mary DeWitt, Ten Broeck File.
[S1171] Marius Schoonmaker, History of Kingston, pg. 489-90.